Johnson City, Tenn. -- The East Tennessee State men's and women's track and field teams completed its participation in the Southern Conference
Championships today in Boone, N.C. The meet was hosted by Appalachian State University at Kidd Brewer Stadium.

Catherine Berry won both the 3,000 and 5,000 meters to lead the individual efforts for the Bucs. Berry finished the 3,000 with a time of 9:53.10 as ETSU placed
three runners in the top five. Tanya Brown finished fourth at 10:40.17 and Kim Hemstreet finished fifth at 10:43.61. In the 5,000, Berry won the race in a
dominating 17:14.00. Berry lapped every finisher except Western Carolina's Jenny Warfford who finished second at 18:08.29.

Rosline Addo and Jennifer Howard finished first and second in the 400 meters. Addo finished with a time of :55.98 while Howard finished at :56.46. The results
were a repeat of the Addo's and Howard's one-two performance in the Southern Conference Indoor Championship. Howard also finished fourth in the 200
meters with a time of :24.95.

On the men's side, Andrew Whitson led the Bucs with a win in the Decathlon. Whitson finished with 6,287 points, over 700 points in front of the second place
finisher. Other individual highlights include Daniel Welsh and Mitchell Jones finish in the 5,000 meters. Welsh finished third with a time of 15:14.48 while
Jones finished fifth with a time of 15:25.24. Jason Farr provided the men's other top five finish when he jumped 6'4" in the High Jump.